Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Puzzle 9 Sensor art -- Author thoughts Find a matching pattern, if possible -- AI thoughts My mind is going -- I can feel it -- 4 Creating functions using regexen -- Puzzle 10 Reimplementing str.count()…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Solutions architects -- Storage architects -- Database architects -- Enterprise architects -- Cloud architects -- Technical architects -- Chief architects -- Network architects -- The function of a network architect -- Understanding network architecture -- Client/server architecture -- Peer-to-peer architecture -- Hierarchical architecture -- Hybrid network architecture -- Spine-leaf architecture -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Network Architect in an Organization -- Planning, designing, installing, upgrading, and maintaining network projects -- Planning -- Design -- Installing -- Upgrading -- Maintenance -- Making recommendations to improve the network infrastructure and reduce operational costs -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Researching new technologies and solutions -- Developing a roadmap -- Documenting the network process for future use -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Roadmap to Becoming a Network Architect -- Roles and responsibilities - entry level -- Network support technician -- Network technician -- NOC technician -- Roles and responsibilities - mid level -- Network administrator -- Network engineer -- Network security engineer -- Roles and responsibilities - senior level -- The career path to becoming a network architect -- Summary -- Part 2 - Crafting the Architectural Mind: Attributes and Mindset of a Network Architect -- Chapter 4: Attributes of a Network Architect -- The network architect's role in the business -- Network infrastructure design -- Network security -- Network management -- Network procurement -- Technical leadership -- Business logistics - the structure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Incentives matter on Wall Street, too -- Not just for the criminally minded -- Conflict-free advice = the Tooth Fairy -- Open architecture can be drafty -- Conflicts of interest-yours, mine, and ours -- The cost of your advisor staying in business, and how it impacts you -- Chapter 8: Courtship Is Usually More Fun Than Marriage -- Good news: Your advisor really is here to help -- Everything begins with an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) -- Benchmarks matter -- Next, be even more concrete in your expectations -- Is this good performance or just mediocre? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 3: The Opportunity for Community Financial Institutions -- Doing Nothing Is Safe, but It's Also Foolish -- Expand Your Mind -- Correlation Does Not Imply Causation -- Because the Real Problem Is Inaction -- Call It "Toe in the Water," "MVP," "Whateveryouwant," Just Try Something -- Reputational Risk Is Mitigated When You Do It Right -- It's Not a Family -- It's a Team -- Train or Fire the People in Your Organization Who Say, "I Don't Do Numbers -- Bad People You Must Push -- Good People Push You -- Pressure Wash the Barnacles -- Much Ado about Branching -- Look at the Retail Industry as a Corollary -- The Five Words That Will Kill: "How May I Help You? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Profit Is Not Measured by Cash Flows -- Cash Flows Do Not Reveal Financial Condition -- A Few Additional Thoughts to Keep in Mind -- Chapter 3 Bedrock Financial Statement #1: The Income Statement -- The Income Statement: A Closer Look -- Reporting Profit Performance: The Income Statement -- Chapter 4 Bedrock Financial Statement #2: The Balance Sheet -- Reporting Financial Condition: The Balance Sheet -- Chapter 5 Reporting Cash Flows -- The Statement of Cash Flows -- Cash versus Accrual Accounting -- Financial Tasks of Business Managers -- Part Two Connections -- Chapter 6 Fitting Together Financial Statements -- One Problem in Financial Reporting -- Connecting the Dots -- Chapter 7 Sales Revenue and Accounts Receivable -- Exploring One Link at a Time -- How Sales Revenue Drives Accounts Receivable -- Accounting Issues -- Chapter 8 Costs of Sales Revenue, Inventory, and Accounts Payable -- Acquiring Inventory on the Cuff -- Accounting Issues: Accounts Payable -- Holding Products in Inventory Until They Are Sold -- Inventory Control -- Accounting Issues -- Chapter 9 Operating Expenses and Prepaid Expenses -- Paying Certain Operating Costs before They Are Recorded as Expenses -- Accounting Issues: Using Prepaid Expenses to Massage the Numbers -- Chapter 10 Depreciation and Amortization Expense, and Fixed And Other Long-Term Assets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 10: Follow-Up Strategies -- The Proper Way to Set a Call Back -- How to Follow Up with Prospects and Win Business -- Staying Top of Mind Across a Longer Time Frame -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Connect with Mike Brooks -- Call Me -- Other Resources that Will Help You -- About the Author -- Mike Brooks, Mr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 6.9 Building a Case for Process Improvement -- 6.10 Making the Strategic Case for Process Improvement -- 6.11 Making the Tactical Case for Process Improvement -- 6.12 What Management Expects from a Team Leader -- Sources -- PART IV: MANAGING YOURSELF -- Chapter 7 Taking Control of Your Work -- 7.1 A Defined Process Will Help You Improve -- 7.2 Be Your Own Boss, and Don't Be a Victim -- 7.3 How to Improve the Quality of Your Work -- 7.4 The 18-Hour Work Week -- 7.5 Fight Phantom Issues in High-Pressure Projects -- 7.6 Support Staff Can Help You -- 7.7 The Logic of Time Management -- 7.8 Being Responsible Is about Ownership and Attitude -- 7.9 Delay Is Almost Always the Worst Alternative -- 7.10 Being Committed Is a State of Mind -- 7.11 Manage Commitments So You Don't Forget Any or Run Out of Time -- 7.12 What Do You Want From Life?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…OT Analysis: Three Core Elements -- The Five Forces Analysis -- Analyzing the Five Points -- Positioning Analysis and Competition Analysis -- Client Analysis -- Key Success Factor (KSF) Analysis -- 3 SW Analysis -- Deciding Pros and Cons Based on Relativity -- Achievements and Performance Analysis -- Positioning Analysis -- Business Model Analysis -- Marketing, Value Chain, and Organizational Analysis -- Tangible and Intangible Asset Analysis -- Understanding the Structures of the Issue at Hand -- 4 Organizing SWOT -- Keeping the Impact on Your Business in Mind -- STEP 2: Forming Strategic Options -- STORY 3: How to Save a Company in Trouble? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Building Blocks -- Chapter1: Fasten Your Seat Belts -- Delphi installation -- Delphi versions -- Running the Delphi installer -- Installing custom components -- IDE options -- Riding the IDE -- Delphi compilers and toolchains -- The "Hello World" app -- Deploying to mobile devices -- Deploying to Android -- Deploying to iOS -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Mind Your Language -- Do you speak Object Pascal? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Why the Essay -- Why the Journey -- Questions for the Rising Generation of Teacher-Scholars in Business Communication and in Other Academic Disciplines -- Lessons Learned From the Essays -- Collaborative Work -- An "Unending Conversation" -- References -- 2 Take Two Xanax and Call Me in the Morning -- Or, Career Tension in Business Communication -- First Conference and First Academic Job -- Assistant Professor -- Associate Professor With Tenure -- Full Professor-A New Set of Tensions -- A 17-Year Administrative Aside-1988-2005 -- The Final Chapters: 2005- -- Wrap Up -- References -- 3 Cultivating a Liberal Arts Perspective On Workplace Communication -- The Journey -- A Writing-Centered Career -- Material Culture and Rhetoric -- The Journal -- Business Communication at the University of Delaware -- Material Culture Studies: A New Position -- Rhetoric and Material Culture Studies: Research On the Workplace -- From Context to Community: Revisiting a Textbook After 20 Years -- This Is Not a Box -- Learn With Your Students -- Learn With Your Colleagues -- Work Smart -- Integrate Your Teaching and Research -- Write, Read, and Support the Writing of Colleagues -- Take a Broad Perspective -- References -- 4 "Only Connect" Between Personal Life and Professional Choice, Scholarship and Teaching, My Generation and the Next -- Connections Between the Personal and the Professional -- Links Between a Business School's Mission and the Discipline of Business Communication -- An Entrepreneurial Frame of Mind and Moment -- Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication and Political Act -- Connections Between My Students and My Work as a Teacher-Scholar: Observe, Listen, Respond, and be Entrepreneurial…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How Do We Handle Combining Technology with Our Human Bodies and Minds? -- What Are the Complications and Considerations of Technology Becoming Semi and Fully Autonomous? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Final Word on Analytics -- Next -- Notes -- Part TWO Agile Methods and Analytics -- Chapter 4: A Better Way to Work: The Benefits and Core Values of Agile Development -- The Case against Traditional Analytics Projects -- Understandable but Pernicious -- A Different Mind-Set at Netflix -- Proving the Superiority of Agile Methods -- The Case for Guidelines over Rules -- Scarcity and Trade-Offs on Agile Projects -- The Specific Tenets of Agile Analytics -- Next -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Introducing Scrum: Looking at One of Today's Most Popular Agile Methods -- A Very Brief History -- Scrum Teams -- Product Owner -- Scrum Master -- Team Member -- User Stories -- Epics: Too Broad -- Too Narrow/Detailed -- Just Right -- The Spike: A Special User Story -- Backlogs -- Sprints and Meetings -- Sprint Planning -- Daily Stand-Up -- Story Time -- Demo -- Sprint Retrospective -- Releases -- Estimation Techniques -- On Lawns and Relative Estimates -- Fibonacci Numbers -- T-Shirt Sizes -- When Teams Disagree -- Other Scrum Artifacts, Tools, and Concepts -- Velocities -- Burn-Down Charts -- Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria -- Kanban Boards -- Next -- Chapter 6: A Framework for Agile Analytics: A Simple Model for Gathering Insights -- Perform Business Discovery -- Perform Data Discovery -- Prepare the Data -- Model the Data* -- The Power of a Simple Model -- Forecasting and the Human Factor -- Understanding Superforecasters -- Score and Deploy -- Evaluate and Improve -- Next -- Notes -- Part THREE: Analytics in Action -- Chapter 7: University Tutoring Center: An In-Depth Case Study on Agile Analytics -- The UTC and Project Background -- Project Goals and Kickoff -- User Stories -- Business and Data Discovery -- Iteration One -- Iteration Two -- Analytics Results in a Fundamental Change -- Moving Beyond Simple Tutor Utilization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Time-Series Data -- Time-Series Analysis and Forecasting -- Memory Requirements -- More Storage -- More RAM -- Case Study: Gathering the Real-Time Industry Data -- Storing Collected Data Using Pandas -- Dataframes -- Saving Data as a CSV File -- Saving as an Excel File -- Reading Saved Data Files -- Adding the Date and Time to the Real-Time Data -- Industry Data from the Temperature and Humidity Sensor -- Chapter 5: Preparing the Data -- Pandas and Data Structures -- Installing and Using Pandas -- Pandas Data Structures -- Series -- DataFrame -- Reading Data -- Reading CSV Data -- Reading Excel Data -- Reading URL Data -- Cleaning the Data -- Handling Missing Values -- Handling Outliers -- Z-Score -- Filtering Out Inappropriate Values -- Removing Duplicates -- Chapter 6: Visualizing the Data -- Matplotlib Library -- Scatter Plot -- Line Plot -- Histogram -- Bar Chart -- Pie Chart -- Other Plots and Packages -- Chapter 7: Analyzing the Data -- Exploratory Data Analysis -- Choosing a Dataset -- Modifying the Columns in the Dataset -- Statistical Analysis -- Uniform Distribution -- Binomial Distribution -- Normal Distribution -- Statistical Analysis of Boston Housing Price Dataset -- Chapter 8: Learning from Data -- Forecasting from Data Using Regression -- Linear Regression using Scikit-Learn -- Principal Component Analysis -- Outlier Detection Using K-Means Clustering -- Chapter 9: Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Human Emotion Classification -- Methodology -- Dataset -- Interfacing the Raspberry Pi with MindWave Mobile via Bluetooth -- Data Collection Process -- Features Taken from the Brain Wave Signal -- Unstructured Data to Structured Dataset -- Exploratory Data Analysis from the EEG Data -- Classifying the Emotion Using Learning Models -- Case Study 2: Data Science for Image Data -- Exploratory Image Data Analysis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…." -- Note -- Chapter 9: Takeaways -- Expert Insights: Maia Josebachvili -- Chapter 10: Changing Minds -- Unconscious Pressure -- Recruiting Operations -- "That all sounds like what we want to do, but we can't afford a senior Recruiting Ops position at the moment." -- Catalyst Events -- Finding a Foothold -- Identify an Ally -- Identify an Entry Point -- "But what if our CEO is the problem? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Team's Health -- Velocity -- Architectural Soundness -- Quality Issues -- Maturity of Processes -- Regulation and Compliance -- Hiring and Turnover -- Reputation -- Innovation -- Forming a Plan -- Your Personal Upgrade -- Chapter 4: Moving Upstream -- With Great Responsibility Comes Great Power -- Your Location down the Decision Stream -- Manifestations of Leadership -- Forming Strategy -- Compiling Roadmaps -- Cultivating Culture -- Short-Circuiting Silo Thinking -- Leading Risk Management -- Motivating -- Claiming Your Seat Around the Table -- Own It and Say So -- Get to the Meetings -- Speak Up -- Speak Business -- Get Allies -- Don't Accept Tasks -- Get a Coach -- Your Personal Upgrade -- Chapter 5: Your Executive Toolset -- Tailoring Your Approach -- Executive Mindset -- Don't Shy Away -- Letting Go -- Take the Lead -- Tactics -- Controlling Your Time -- Time to Lead -- Leadership Blocks -- The Calendar Reset -- Getting Assistance -- A Typical Week -- Managing Your Manager -- Results -- Business Talk -- Don't Go Incommunicado -- Speak Your Mind -- Enabling Autonomy -- Default Responses -- Guidelines -- Delegation -- "They Can't Do This Yet" -- Coaching vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Promotion-Based Model -- 1 Tables Have Turned -- 1.1 The Instrumental Role of Trade -- 1.2 A Global Green New Deal -- 1.3 Trading Places: A Brief History of Means and Ends -- 2 Negotiating Trade Rules with the Environment in Mind -- 2.1 Plenty of Fish in the Sea? -- 2.2 The Untapped Green Potential of the Subsides Agreement -- 2.3 Three Ways to Protect the Environment -- 2.4 Trade Sanctions and Forests Protection -- 2.5 A New Kind of Environmental Bargain -- 2.6 The EU's Sustainable Commercial Policy -- 2.7 From Exception to Promotion -- i -- ii -- iii -- 3 The Power of Ideas -- 3.1 From Weak to Strong Integration -- 3.2 Watching the Seeds Grow -- 3.3 The Development Factor -- 3.4 It's Not All About the Environment -- 3.5 Two Birds with One Stone -- 3.6 Missed Opportunities -- 6 Conclusions -- 1 Ideational Change -- 2 Historical Contingency -- 2.1 The gatt and Embedded Liberalism -- 2.2 The wto and the Resurgence of Neoliberalism -- 2.3 The 2030 Agenda and the Instrumental Role of Trade -- 3 A New Trade Story -- 3.1 One. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…48 Exhortation to the Greeks 50 'Come hither, canst thou tell me if this skull' 51 The Dying Man to His Friend 54A 'The musky air was mute' 55 The Outcast 58A The Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Buonaparte 59 Playfellow Winds 61 Home 62 'Among some Nations Fate hath placed too far' 63 To Poesy [O God, make this age great] 64 The Lark 67 Timbuctoo 73* Mariana 75 Madeline 78* Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind 79 The Burial of Love 83 Recollections of the Arabian Nights 84 Ode to Memory 87 Adeline 88* A Character 91 The Poet 95 Hero to Leander 99 The Grasshopper 101 Chorus, in an Unpublished Drama, Written Very Early 106 To a Lady Sleeping 107 Sonnet [Could I outwear my present state of woe] 108 Sonnet [Though Night hath climbed her peak of highest noon] 109 Sonnet [Shall the hag Evil die with child of Good] 110 Sonnet [The pallid thunderstricken sigh for gain] 124 Amy 126 Memory [Ay me!] …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The "Aha" Moment -- Breaking the Mold -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6: Millennials: Facts and Fictions -- It's Not a Generational Issue -- Raging Hormones -- The Most Educated -- Accustomed to Diversity -- Raised to Be Confident -- Independently Minded -- How Much the Same We Really Are -- Why Women Are Needed in the Tech Industry -- It's Not a Generational Issue -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7: What Works and What Doesn't -- We're over the Tipping Point -- Caring and Hoping Isn't Going to Cut It -- How to Create Sustainable Change -- What Works and Why -- Leadership Accountability -- Gender Coaching and Training -- Male Sponsorship -- Succession Planning -- What Doesn't Work and Why -- Diversity and Compliance Training -- Training for Women -- Women's Networks -- Work-Life Flexibility Programs -- Other Best Practices -- Role Models for Women and Men -- Gender Intelligent Sourcing and Recruitment -- Critical Mass and Critical Mindset -- Endnotes -- Chapter 8: The Role of the Board -- Lack of Mentoring -- Stereotypes in Business -- Richard's Story: Boards in the 2008 Financial Crisis and Their Gender Composition -- What Were the Seven Men and Four Women on the Merrill Lynch Board of Directors Doing? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Making Life Easier with Digital Information Management -- Singing Off the Same Hymn Sheet: Information Exchange -- Part III: Understanding BIM Requirements and Developing BIM Processes -- Chapter 9: Mandating BIM in the UK and across the Globe -- Interpreting the Requirements -- Leading BIM in the United States -- Growing BIM Standards Internationally -- Keeping Up to Date -- Chapter 10: Standardizing the Modeling of BIM Objects -- Figuring Out What BIM Objects Are -- Obtaining BIM Objects through Object Libraries -- Recognizing BIM Objects -- Supporting Standardization -- Enabling Interoperability -- Chapter 11: Collaborating through BIM Requirements -- Running through Open Standards -- Steering the Industry toward IFC -- Reviewing the Key Standards -- Coordinating Information -- Chapter 12: Encouraging BIM in Your Office or On-Site -- Adopting BIM as a People-led Process -- Encouraging BIM Champions -- Changing Hearts and Minds -- Training and Supporting Everyone -- Chapter 13: Developing BIM Plans and Strategies -- Getting Started with Your BIM Strategy -- Setting Up a BIM Business Case -- Combining Information into a BIM Execution Plan -- Modeling Your Plan after Successful BIM Processes -- Chapter 14: Considering the Issues that BIM Presents -- Managing Change in Your Business -- Clarifying the Legal Implications of BIM -- Ensuring Your Business Thrives with BIM: Engineering Collaboration -- Part IV: Measuring the Real-World Benefits of BIM -- Chapter 15: Evaluating BIM Benefits and Investment -- Arriving at a Digital Understanding of Construction -- Calculating the Savings -- Separating Reality from the BIM Wash -- Chapter 16: Using BIM On-Site and BIM for Health and Safety -- Examining Contractor-Led Project Teams: Planning for Quality -- Requiring BIM Use On-Site -- Reducing Risks On-Site: BIM for Health and Safety…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A Bigger Picture -- What's on Your Mind? -- Am I Doing My Part to Create a Well-Being Culture? …”